The Elements of a Mystery: Chemistry, Agatha Christie and WWI

February

25

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2027

7:00PM

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8:00PM

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The Elements of a Mystery: Chemistry, Agatha Christie and WWI

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Presented in partnership with the National WWI Museum and Memorial.

During her wartime service as a nurse and pharmacist, author Agatha Christie encountered several substances and situations that would inspire the plotlines of her literature.

Spiral down into the science behind the mysteries with former-chemist-turned-writer Kathryn Harkup as she delves into the Queen of Crime’s extensive knowledge of drugs, medicines – and poisons.

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Key Topics:

What agile event programs are and why they're essential

Strategies and tools for building agile event marketing

How to scale agile event programs without losing brand integrity or valuable data

Steps you can take right now to introduce agile event marketing into your business

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Presented in partnership with the National WWI Museum and Memorial.

During her wartime service as a nurse and pharmacist, author Agatha Christie encountered several substances and situations that would inspire the plotlines of her literature.

Spiral down into the science behind the mysteries with former-chemist-turned-writer Kathryn Harkup as she delves into the Queen of Crime’s extensive knowledge of drugs, medicines – and poisons.

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This program will be presented online, via Zoom only. Please click the link to register for this event.

CLICK HERE TO REGISTER FOR VIRTUAL ATTENDANCE

The Speaker

Kathryn Harkup

Kathryn Harkup is a former-chemist-turned-writer and science communicator. Her interests are in anything gothic, gory and geeky, and preferably all three. She has written several books on the crossover between science, literature and pop culture including “The Secret Lives of the Elements,” “The Secret Lives of Molecules,” “A is for Arsenic: The Poisons of Agatha Christie,” “Making the Monster: The Science of Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein,” “Death by Shakespeare: Snakebites, Stabbings and Broken Hearts,” “Superspy Science: Science, Death and Tech in the World of James Bond” and “Vampirology: The Science of Horror’s Most Famous Fiend.” Her latest book is “V is for Venom: Agatha Christie’s Chemicals of Death.”

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The panel

Phyllis Smith

Phyllis Smith will be speaking about their experience working as an event marketer.

Gregory Shaw

Gregory Shaw will be speaking about their experience as an art director and organizer of design events.

The speaker

Katherine Harkup

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Lucy Hernandez

Chief Creative Office

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Leo Di Salvo

Sr. Technology Consultant

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Jake Hernandez

Chief Creative Officer

Openform

Jake Hernandez is senior director of product marketing at Openform, where his goal is to help people unlock the power of in-person events.

Leo Di Salvo

Sr. Technology Consultant

Openform

Leo Di Salvo is the Senior Technology Consultant at Openform, where his goal is to help people unlock the power of in-person events.

Run of show

12:00PM

Webinar Begins

Opening remarks from your hosts

12:15PM

5-Tips

5 Tips for Creating Virtual Events

12:45PM

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Final remarks from your hosts

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Resource List

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